Thirty-three teams participated in the event. South Lyon won the 11th-12th grade boys race, Kingsley captured the 11th-12th girls, Traverse City Central won the 9th-10th boys, and Manton won the 9th-10th girls.

T.C. Central boys won the boys 9th-10th race with 66 points, while Petoskey was second with 88. South Lyon placed third with 116.

Two Charlevoix runners, Olivia Certa and Amber Way, won their respective races. Certa won the girls 11th-12th race in 20 minutes, 41 seconds; Way won the girls 9th-10th race in 18:43.

Kingsley's Jake Keena won the boys 9th-10th race in 17:12. Andrew Thomas of South Lyon won the boys 11th-12th race in 16:50.

Three other area runners -- Kayla Keane oand Josh Wojan of East jordan, and Autumn Kihnke of Harbor Springs -- recorded runner-up finishes.

Keane was second in the girls 9th-10th race in 19:55; Wojan was second in the boys 11th-12th race in 16:54; and Kihnke recorded a second-place finish in the girls 11th-12th race in 21:59.

The top 15 finishers in each race received a medal.

"We had an outstanding day as as team," Petoskey coach Jim Harrington said. "The weather helped runners and most of our team improved one or two minutes or more from our preseason time trial. We're looking very strong."

Thomas VanSlombrouck led the Northmen boys in the 9th-10th race with a fifth-place finish in 18:06, while teammate Max Meyerson was eighth in 18:20.

Also for the Northmen in the 9th-10th boys race, Mason Norton was 24th, Chase Gregory finished 25th, and Jacob Kromm was 26th.

Four other runners from area schools medaled in the race. Gabe Hawley of East Jordan was third in 17:42; Harbor Springs' Marcus Garrow (17:47) and Michael Gorman (18:27) placed fourth and ninth, respectively; and Garrett Fogo of Boyne City was 11th in 18:29.

"I thought our girls really ran well," Harbor coach Emily Kloss said. "We received medals in every race except for the boys 11th-12th and I was pretty pleased. We had some girls that were missing, but the girls there ran well and I have a lot of girls vying for that seventh (varsity) spot.

"We're moving in the right direction. I'm pleased to see them working hard and working together."

Jessica Dowty finished 23rd, Hannah Knitter was 25th; and Kayelyn Banner was 27th in leading Boyne City to a fourth-place finish in the 9th-10th girls race. The Ramblers' Hailey Richards was 35th, and Alexis Bieles was 39th.

Six area runners, led by Petoskey's Mark Smith, earned medals in the boys 11th-12th grade race.

"Mark Smith had a breakout race at third overall and Logan Hensley had a strong run at seventh," Harrington said.

Also for the Charlevoix boys, CJ Rice was 32nd and Jonathon Lindfors was 62nd. Boyne City's Jeffrey VanHove was 67th. For Petoskey, Danny Clancy was 37th, while David Hempstead was 39th and Quentin Fettig, 43rd.